What two numbers multiply to 985 and add up to 986?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 985 and add up to 986?"

The answer to your question is:

1 and 985

Below we illustrate and prove that 1 and 985 multiply to 985 and add up to 986:

1 × 985 = 985
1 + 985 = 986

Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?

x² + 986x + 985 = 0

If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:

(x + 1 ) (x + 985)

To summarize, since 1 and 985 multiply to 985 and add up 986, you know that the following is true:

x² + 986x + 985 = (x + 1 ) (x + 985)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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